It is human nature, that at a “personal and institutional level - to lose focus on long- term needs in the light of short- term demands.”64 Major Hurricanes of the scale of Katrina do not happen frequently so society tends to neglect and take no action. In doing so, they will unknowingly contribute to the severity of the consequences from the next hurricane strikes. Long term safety must take precedence and needs to “place the protection of public safety, health and welfare at the forefront of the nation’s priorities.” 65
What any city can learn from Hurrican Katrina is that each city needs to develop a long term plan to protect its citizens.. If a plan does not exist at all, it is important that they make one that contains all necessary elements …show more content…
There was no “empowering local communities to generate risk assessments or flagging of vulnerable community assets such as schools, health centers and public facilities.”75 A huge issue was that after a disaster such a Hurricane Katrina , the government - particularly the federal government seemed unprepared and unaware of how bad the situation really was. 76 Many homes were destroyed which left people stranded or missing. People had no where to go. The Super-dome in New Orleans, a public facility which was made for situations such as the hurricane and flooding only had limited supplies to begin with that had only accepted 15,000 refugees leaving the rest with no where to go.77 There were no other plan for anyone else which left thousands of people to panic, desperate for food , water and most importantly for protection. This caused them to break into the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center complex that later just created more chaos.79 If New Orleans had planned ahead and created more public facilities and prepared them for an event like this, it could have avoided many problems,and most importantly, saved …show more content…
By implementing these five phases, any city can properly assess where they are most vulnerable and ensure they do not fail to protect their